Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reinforced a pledge to drive Russian occupiers from the peninsula it annexed in 2014 as the nation braced for a tense Independence Day celebration on Wednesday after six months of war.
Estonia will not be sending an ambassador to Belarus, given that it does not recognize the presidential elections just over two years ago which returned Alexander Lukashenko for a sixth term, but at the same time, it will maintain a diplomatic presence in Minsk, to be headed up by former MEP Indrek Tarand, focused mainly on consular activity.
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Yesterday 17 January, Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets had a video call with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss the bilateral relations of Estonia and China, thanking her colleague for cooperation at the UN Security Council.